The Philadelphia Flyers gave their faint playoff hopes a boost as Brayden Schenn, Erik Gustafsson and Kimmo Timonen scored to give Philadelphia a 4-2 win over the New York Rangers on Tuesday, for their second win in two nights.

Mats Zuccarello and Derek Stepan scored for the Rangers, who have a tenuous hold on the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The Rangers are tied with Winnipeg, five points ahead of the 11th-place Flyers. Jakub Voracek added an empty-net goal in the final seconds to seal the victory for Philadelphia. Steve Mason got the spot start over Ilya Bryzgalov and made 38 saves.

The New York Islanders moved closer to a playoff berth with a 5-2 victory over the Florida Panthers. Michael Grabner scored twice and Evgeni Nabokov made 26 saves as the Islanders earned their ninth win in 12 games while playing their final regular-season home game. They will begin a season-ending, five-game trip on Thursday in Toronto. Matt Moulson, Mark Streit and Radek Martinek also scored for the Islanders. Dmitry Kulikov and Marcel Goc had goals for the Panthers (13-23-6), who own the NHL's worst record.

Andrew Ladd scored twice in regulation and added the decisive goal in a shootout the Winnipeg Jets stayed in the thick of the playoff hunt with a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Ladd also earned an assist, and defenseman Zach Bogosian had a pair of assists. Blake Wheeler scored once and added two assists for Winnipeg (22-19-2), which is on a season-high, four-game winning streak. The Jets are tied in points with the eighth-place New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Winnipeg has five games remaining, one fewer than New York.

In other games the San Jose Sharks moved into a tie for fourth place in the Western Conference with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings, the St Louis Blues beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1, the Ottawa Senators edged the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 and the Minnesota Wild downed the Edmonton Oilers 5-3.